chris christie's focus is on winning elections. today the basketball star and like by guy shaquille o'neal was in an ad endorsing christie. >> he's a good man. excuse me. he's a great man. please join me in supporting chris christie for governor. >> the governor, that's the tag line. the real clear politics poll has him in front by 26 points. i think it's possible to understand, joy, that there's such a thing as a smart politician. not just an ideological or right or middle of the road politicians. they can lose just like ideologues can. not necessarily in his league but around the aaa level is this guy christie. i think the way he's running his campaign is guaranteed to get him 70%. >> don't you love the way president clinton getting more southern when he gets into it. >> you can do it too. >> if pressed i could. but i think christie understands how to be a conservative running in a blue state. he's calibrating his whole political life, his whole political being a calibrated to new jersey which is a blue state. christie understood